I’m
still in the mood for oud. Here’s Ahmad Alshaiba from Yemen with an oud cover
of The Sound of Silence, one of my all time favourite songs -
and also of Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You. The absence of lyrics is a serious improvement imo, the music's okay, but thumbs down for the chauvinistic words. The polar opposite of favourite, not a fan - no idea why it won the Grammy yesterday...but then I'm not the demographic that Ed is singing for. Though I'm glad to see the choice is creating its own firestorm of protest.
Anyways, take a listen while I tell you about...
